Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] [adv prt] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am setting out to save the economy and the British people from the jaws of debt . |
| 2 | ‘ I am going back to fetch the boat . |
| 3 | Mind you , it gets me down sometimes — I 'm getting out to work every day and they 're there sitting around . |
| 4 | That 's why I 'm fiddling around doing the odd window here and there because that 's all that we 've got for . |
| 5 | Next year , I 'm coming back to finish the general SVQ , and I want to do Highers too . ’ |
| 6 | Pat told the Careers Officer : ‘ I 'm going on to become a professional footballer ’ . ’ |
| 7 | until about half past nine , when they said right that 's all the dir dirty work done , he said I 'm going up to have a shower and he put the carpet , rolled the carpet half back , and picked up a load of mess and we had polythene dust sheets over it |
| 8 | Now , I 'm going in to watch the film . |
| 9 | On arrival at the log cabin he insisted : ‘ Well , I 'm going off to catch a bear with my bare hands : who 's coming with me ? ’ |
| 10 | I 'm psyched up to make an appearance on Wednesday if I get the chance , whether it is for one minute or 10 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When the company reached the point where it could n't meet its liabilities I was called in to wind the business up . ’ |
| 12 | I was bound over to keep the peace . |
| 13 | I was holding off buying an away shirt , as I did n't want to wear a shirt that had never won a game . |
| 14 | My first day on the works I was sent off to whitewash a shed all by myself . |
| 15 | I had no premonition of disaster when I was sent off to answer a call from a Mrs Dunston . |
| 16 | You went on to discuss your own role as a ‘ sweeper ’ ( which I gather from my sons is roughly what I was brought up to call a half-back ) . |
| 17 | ‘ I was brought up to respect the police but there does not seem to be the respect any more . |
| 18 | I was going on to give an explanation , which may help the hon. Gentleman . |
| 19 | I was going out to tell the world and I must have walked from his room pumping pure adrenalin through every vein . |
| 20 | And er I I was pulled in to take a little part in this play er I remember that . |